Japanise coasters and horns.

Whats up with japan coasters that have those loud, blaring air horns at the start of the ride. They sound really annoying! Like the corkscrew coaster at Toshimaen has one and many others probably have one. Why do American coaster not have those baring horns?

[jayman]

sceam does

It does? Look at this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS85lTHieO8

Is it maybe to warn any employees in the ride area that a train is being dispatched, so that they know not to get too close to the actual track?

I know that may sound stupid, but that is the only thing that makes a little sense to me.

But it sounds so annoying.

Of course safety should always take a back seat to what you find annoying.

If I remember right, Greezed Lightning has one of these too. Flight of Fear has a "clear track, train is launching" announcement.

http://donaldflint.com/video/2005/fofdrum.mov

[gouldy]

isn't Kingda Ka also guilty of this? Or am I being a silly sausage?

kightmere at camalot park still has the horn all the way from japan and god damb is it annoying and loud. the emplyees mus get so p'eed off with it all day there

Originally posted by gouldy

isn't Kingda Ka also guilty of this? Or am I being a silly sausage?

Yes, at one point (AKA - The first few operating months) Kingda Ka did use a loud horn every time the train launched. But after a while, locals started complaining about the noise. So now the horn only blows on the first run of every day [;)]